horror vacuiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin horror vacuī (“fear of empty space”), from horror (“horror, fear”) + vacuum (“vacuum”).

名詞

horror vacui (uncountable)

1. (historical, sciences) The Aristotelian principle that there are no vacuums in nature.
2. The abhorrence of a vacuum; the general tendency to dislike empty space.
   • 1991, Kant: Political Writings, →ISBN, page 212:

     It is merely the horror vacui of human reason in general which leads it to recoil when it comes across an idea about which no thought is possible, […]

3. (art) In particular, the tendency of an artist (または of art) to fill an entire surface with detail, leaving no blank space.

   The “Where's Wally?” series exhibits horror vacui.

Further reading

• horror vacui on Wikipedia.
• horror vacui (physics) on Wikipedia.